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[Tom <TomDavies04@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One problem and a reason why so many people think that Linux is so non-standard is that when (not IF but WHEN) standards are agreed by various international bodies then MicroSquish goes ahead putting things together the other way around. Since most people's experience of machines is limited to desktop usage their perception is that the Windows way IS the "standard" way and that everyone else should conform to that.
 
I remember as a child doing something similar when "helping" with the laundry. When "helping" put a duvet into it's cover i would agree to go up to the corner on my side of the cover but would instead immediately go up to the opposing corner as fast as possible making it very difficult for the other person to reach a corner without having to mitigate against the total chaos i had caused. Very childish but i found it hilarious everytime.  Looking back i really pity my poor mother. 
 
MicroSquish appears to behave much the same way. It appears to get involved with setting standards and then works hard against those being able to be delivered.  Those that do conform to the standards are then seen as "different" and "non-standard".
 
Note that with OpenSource Drivers there is really very little difference between the drivers for the various operating systems and different releases but each Windows platform (Xp, Vista, Win7) requires very different drivers. The OpenSource ones can fairly easily be tweaked for Mac and i assume for BSD too but an XP driver would need a substantial re-write to work with Win7. Also while OpenSource drivers are often tweaked for free by people interested in getting their own system to work (or helpful people) the proprietary ones often need heavy investment and resourcing from the originating company. 
 
So, instead of clever programmers being resourced to develop clever new innovations a lot of times they are being forced to just do re-writes of stuff that already exists. Their employers being quite scared of them finding out anything useful or interesting or "seeing the big picture". Instead of being treated as Rock-Stars they are often treated with suspicion & contempt by the very people that are paying their wages.
 
At least this is the impression i get of the current situation and i think we have got to do something to change this  otherwise, if we keep making extremely clever people bitter and resentful then instead of making good progress we will continue to find ourselves continually held back (at best). 
 
If writing viruses is more fun than work then of course people will write them. In linux-land i think most of us do begin to appreciate our developers a lot more and it is hopefully more fun to write something productive than writing a virus, which i think is one reason why we see so much development and so few viruses in linux-land
 
Regards from
Tom :)
 
PS Hopefully we are doing something to change the demotivating dynamic of the Windows-world by helping people move into linux-land

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Bug description:
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.

Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

Steps to repeat:

1. Visit a local PC store.

What happens:
2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.

What should happen:
1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.